2012's TOP 5 Hollywood Openers

It’s been raining dollars this year for Hollywood at the North-American box office. And the new Twilight movie has brought in even more cheer to the trade, with its unexpectedly huge initial. Here’s a look at 2012’s top openers so far.

1. Skyfall

While the critics gave a two-thumbs-up to Sam Mendes’ treatment of 007, fans too turned up in large numbers for Daniel Craig’s latest. Though not in the league of summer-superhero-flicks, the film’s healthy domestic opening was a shot in the arm for this revamped franchise.

$88,364,714

2. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Just when critics were complaining about vampire fatigue, the final film in the Twilight series has silenced everyone with an extremely impressive opening haul of one-hundred-and-forty-million dollars plus. This is just a tad short of the franchise-best opener: New Moon.

$141,067,634

3. The Hunger Games

One of the biggest box-office surprises at the start of 2012, this movie-adaptation of the bestseller novel, has firmly held onto its position, as the third highest opener of the year.$152,535,747

4. The Dark Knight Rises

The unfortunate tragedy at Denver and a not-so-enthusiastic response to the new villain, robbed Nolan’s Batman finale off some of its sheen. But nevertheless TDKR packed in a solid initial, of over one-hundred-and-sixty-million dollars. $160,887,295

5. Marvel's The Avengers

Being the only film ever, to have opened north of two-hundred-million dollars, the ensemble-superhero-movie is likely to hold onto this record for many more years to come.$207,438,708